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Topic: Adjusting Raises -- Question |
Jeffrey Smith
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Harvest, Alabama, USA
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Posted 3 May 2015 9:37 am |
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I have a new steel that needs to have some of the raises adjusted. I haven't owned a steel in quite some time, and I am having trouble remembering what to do. Here are my questions.
1) I think I remember that when adjusting raises, the nylon hex nuts are turned while the pedal or lever is pressed. Right? So if I'm pulling a B to a C#, I press the pedal while watching the tuner for a C#. Yes/No?
2) So I'm going to adjust the pedal that raises this B to a C#... and on that string there is a "stack" of nylon hex nuts. I can feel one moving when I press the pedal I'm adjusting, but others move as well. How does one know which nylon hex nut to adjust?
I searched for a video on youtube, and also here in the forum for an "idiot's guide" to adjusting raises, and I found a video on youtube, but it really didn't address either of these questions, so it just left me wondering.
Thanks, everyone for any help that can be offered in this most minor but bothersome issue I'm encountering.
Jeff Smith
Athens, AL |
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 3 May 2015 10:07 am
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You will need to let us know what make and model of guitar.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 3 May 2015 12:02 pm
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i'm guessing some all pull steel.
jeffrey, put your fingers on the nylon tuners while you press the pedal. you should be able to feel which one is doing the main change on that pedal for that string. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 May 2015 12:28 pm Re: Adjusting Raises -- Question
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| Jeffrey Smith wrote: |
I have a new steel that needs to have some of the raises adjusted. I haven't owned a steel in quite some time, and I am having trouble remembering what to do. Here are my questions.
My comments are in Blue
1) I think I remember that when adjusting raises, the nylon hex nuts are turned while the pedal or lever is pressed. Right? So if I'm pulling a B to a C#, I press the pedal while watching the tuner for a C#. Yes/No?
Either way, really, some of my nylon tuners are really tight, and having them contacting the finger makes it harder to turn. I let off the pedal, turn the nut slightly in the direction I need, and check tuning again.
2) So I'm going to adjust the pedal that raises this B to a C#... and on that string there is a "stack" of nylon hex nuts. I can feel one moving when I press the pedal I'm adjusting, but others move as well. How does one know which nylon hex nut to adjust?
I leave my tuning wrench on a nut and push lighty toward the changer. If you are on the right one, the pull will make your wrench move towards the guitar. Remember to keep light pushing pressure on the nut, and not too much that you manually move the finger.
I searched for a video on youtube, and also here in the forum for an "idiot's guide" to adjusting raises, and I found a video on youtube, but it really didn't address either of these questions, so it just left me wondering.
Thanks, everyone for any help that can be offered in this most minor but bothersome issue I'm encountering.
Jeff Smith
Athens, AL |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 4 May 2015 2:39 pm Re: Adjusting Raises -- Question
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
...some of my nylon tuners are really tight, and having them contacting the finger makes it harder to turn. I let off the pedal, turn the nut slightly in the direction I need, and check tuning again.]
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IMHO, that's actually the best way to tune. Holding the pedal and turning the nylon nut all the time invites hysteresis because the string movement is so little and so slow. A little "bouncing while adjusting" helps the string settle in faster, and makes tuning more accurate.  |
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